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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Honolulu, HI

March 13, 2021Kauai County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Mar 13, 2021, 3:27 AM HST for Kauai County, Hawaii. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 2021, 3:27 AM HST (13:27 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 2021, 3:56 PM HST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI

County Kauai County, HI

The radar

The South Kauai radar (PHKI), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lihue, (PHLI), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 37 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lihue, at 12:00Z on 2021-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 214 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lihue, at 12:00Z on 2021-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -64 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
777 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

525 
WWHW70 PHFO 131327
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Honolulu HI
327 AM HST Sat Mar 13 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR KAUAI AND NIIHAU...

HIZ001>004-140230-
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0010.210313T1327Z-210314T0400Z/
Niihau-Kauai Windward-Kauai Leeward-Kauai Mountains-
Including the cities of Lihue, Princeville, Poipu, Waimea, 
Hanapepe, and Kokee State Park
327 AM HST Sat Mar 13 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northeast winds 25 to 30 mph with localized gusts over 
  45 mph.

* WHERE...Portions of Kauai and Niihau.

* WHEN...Until 6 PM HST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Winds this strong combined with saturated soils from
  recent heavy rainfall are capable of downing trees and causing 
  power outages.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should use extra caution.

&&

$$

Gibbs
1 follow-up statement
697 
WWHW70 PHFO 140156
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Honolulu HI
356 PM HST Sat Mar 13 2021

HIZ001>004-140300-
/O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-210314T0400Z/
Niihau-Kauai Windward-Kauai Leeward-Kauai Mountains-
Including the cities of Lihue, Princeville, Poipu, Waimea, 
Hanapepe, and Kokee State Park
356 PM HST Sat Mar 13 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Winds have dropped below advisory levels.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 3:12 PM HSTWinter Weather AdvisoryHFOHawaii48 hr
Mar 12, 3:13 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOKalawao3 hr
Mar 12, 4:08 PM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOHonolulu3 hr
Mar 12, 4:16 PM HSTHigh Surf AdvisoryHFOHonolulu, Kauai, Kalawao3 days
Mar 12, 5:46 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOKalawao3 hr
Mar 12, 8:36 PM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOKalawao18 hr
Mar 12, 10:59 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOKalawao3 hr
Mar 12, 11:01 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOKalawao6 hr
Mar 13, 3:23 AM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOKalawao119 min
Mar 13, 4:05 AM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOKauai2 hr
Mar 13, 4:43 AM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHawaii6 hr
Mar 13, 5:22 AM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOKalawao2 hr
Mar 13, 5:38 AM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO112 min
Mar 13, 6:03 AM HSTSpecial Weather StatementHFOHawaii87 min
Mar 13, 6:22 AM HSTFlash Flood WarningHFOKauai2 hr
Mar 13, 7:28 AM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO2 hr
Mar 13, 9:19 AM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO116 min
Mar 13, 9:24 AM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO111 min
Mar 13, 10:31 AM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOHawaii7 hr
Mar 13, 11:07 AM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO113 min
Mar 13, 11:09 AM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO2 hr
Mar 13, 11:19 AM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO116 min
Mar 13, 12:38 PM HSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHFOKauai15 hr
Mar 13, 12:47 PM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO118 min
Mar 13, 12:47 PM HSTSpecial Marine WarningHFO108 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.